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whats a good benchmark speed for sd diggersby to hit these days?
i was thinking 211-212 creeps most defensive heatran (and offensive dont bug my team much) and other things it wants to break but i didnt want to bet on that too much and get plume burned every time :'[
 
yomi said:
whats a good benchmark speed for sd diggersby to hit these days?
i was thinking 211-212 creeps most defensive heatran (and offensive dont bug my team much) and other things it wants to break but i didnt want to bet on that too much and get plume burned every time :'[
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Just go max speed.
 
Is there any proper way to ask RMT raters to rate your team? I feel like I'd be doing something wrong if I, for example, just posted on their wall.
 
People with the teamrater badge are people you should ask if you want your team to be rated. You can also make your RMT more attractive such as by having a banner, a video, and sprites for the pokemons.
 
firehusky said:
People with the teamrater badge are people you should ask if you want your team to be rated. You can also make your RMT more attractive such as by having a banner, a video, and sprites for the pokemons.
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I've got most of that arranged - I had most of it ready days before. However, I'm not sure how I should ask Official Team Raters in particular, is there any particular method that is preferred or is there none?
 
Flygonial said:
Is there any proper way to ask RMT raters to rate your team? I feel like I'd be doing something wrong if I, for example, just posted on their wall.
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firehusky said:
People with the teamrater badge are people you should ask if you want your team to be rated. You can also make your RMT more attractive such as by having a banner, a video, and sprites for the pokemons.
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Just adding on to this don't go too crazy with all the fluff. There's a difference between making it look pretty and then making it look obnoxious, which a lot of RMTs seem to forget. Something presentable where it's not an immense eye sore should be what you're going for when making a RMT.

As for raters just look for ones that are active in the RMT scene to that particular tier asking for some legitimate advice, and by raters ones that give it relevant advice. Just cause you ask them doesn't mean it's guaranteed to happen so you have to scope out which raters you think would suit you best.
 
Can anyone recommend Flying Type Lures for Electric types (Manectric in particular)? Running a Monotype Gym for my College League and find myself weak to it in particular.
 
pika pal said:
Can anyone recommend Flying Type Lures for Electric types (Manectric in particular)? Running a Monotype Gym for my College League and find myself weak to it in particular.
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Use one of the lando formes, and maybe an HP Ground Mega Pidgeot. (I'm not the best at monotype bear in mind) Also, you should prolly check out the monotype viability rankings.
 
AM said:
Depends more on build. Not enough info.
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Should I contact the OU RMT members, or are there others that would be better suited for the task? I have two variations of the team admittedly, so I probably should get some word on this. If it means anything, my team is Monotype against regular OU teams.
 
pika pal said:
Should I contact the OU RMT members, or are there others that would be better suited for the task? I have two variations of the team admittedly, so I probably should get some word on this. If it means anything, my team is Monotype against regular OU teams.
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You could probably just do what Celticpride said or let myself know in a PM as well. I can usually just go off a list of names to get the idea. I'm also in comp tutoring as well so that's an easy way to find me.
 
Is physically defensive Gliscor still viable? Feel likes it's a decent check to Megagross, Mega Lopunny, Bisharp, among other things.
 
DarkNostalgia said:
Is physically defensive Gliscor still viable? Feel likes it's a decent check to Megagross, Mega Lopunny, Bisharp, among other things.
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It's team specific. It's not really a check to any of those though. SubToxic is the most notable variant to utilize physical defense investment well. After that you're more likely to benefit more from SpDef. If team is say, Excadrill weak then yes it's a viable option.
 
So I was looking at Chesnaught's OU analysis and I noticed his SubDrumSalac set with Overgrow and it got me thinking, wouldn't regular Charizard be a better user of this tactic ? I mean, Zard is faster and has an easier time setting up by forcing switches since people expect one of the megas while most people will see Chesnaught as a defensive mon and will likely stay in on it, making it harder for it to set up.

The only advantage Chesnaught has over Zard is the recovery within Drain Punch... I mean, I'm sure I'm missing something crucial as to why Chesnaught is used more than Zard as a BD user, so if I forgot something please enlighten me
 
DaKakz said:
So I was looking at Chesnaught's OU analysis and I noticed his SubDrumSalac set with Overgrow and it got me thinking, wouldn't regular Charizard be a better user of this tactic ? I mean, Zard is faster and has an easier time setting up by forcing switches since people expect one of the megas while most people will see Chesnaught as a defensive mon and will likely stay in on it, making it harder for it to set up.

The only advantage Chesnaught has over Zard is the recovery within Drain Punch... I mean, I'm sure I'm missing something crucial as to why Chesnaught is used more than Zard as a BD user, so if I forgot something please enlighten me
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Salac raises the speed when weakened. So by this logic you would basically have to run Sub, BD, two attacks but Chesnaught due to the nature of its set and hold item will allow it to be faster than Zard. That's one main reason I can name a few more but that's the big one you need to think of.
 
With regular charizard, it would be much harder to set up due to its worse bulk and 4x weakness to stealth rock. Charizard also lacks a good flying STAB besides wing attack which is super weak.
 
AM Just checked the smogon website and in the DPP era Charizard had this set :

Charizard @ Salac Berry
Ability: Blaze
252 ATK 252 Speed
- Sub
- BD
- Fire Punch
- EQ

Wouldn't these two moves be enough to sweep ? I mean a Blaze powered Fire Punch OHKOs Latios and Talonflame and even OHKOs bulky Gyarados after SR damage:

+5 252 Atk Blaze Charizard Fire Punch vs. 88 HP / 4 Def Gyarados: 288-340 (81.5 - 96.3%) -- guaranteed OHKO after Stealth Rock
+6 252 Atk Blaze Charizard Fire Punch vs. 120 HP / 0 Def Talonflame: 362-426 (110.7 - 130.2%) -- guaranteed OHKO
+6 252 Atk Blaze Charizard Fire Punch vs. 72 HP / 0 Def Latias: 298-351 (93.4 - 110%) -- guaranteed OHKO after Stealth Rock
+6 252 Atk Blaze Charizard Fire Punch vs. 0 HP / 0 Def Latios: 328-387 (109.6 - 129.4%) -- guaranteed OHKO

These four are like the only 'mons in OU who resist the Fire + Ground combination and they die to a blaze boosted +6 Fire Punch.

firehusky While Charizard doesn't have Chesnaught's bulk, it has enough offensive presence to force switchs, I mean... If you bring Charizard on something like Ferrothorn it would 10/10 switch out predicting either megas, this gives you the opportunity to set up... wouldn't it ??

Edit: I know it sounds really nooby of me to talk about regular Zard in OU, I assure you I'm no noob, I'm just curious if this set from the DPP era could work in a similair way to Chesnaught right now. xD
 
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AM Just checked the smogon website and in the DPP era Charizard had this set :

Charizard @ Salac Berry
Ability: Blaze
252 ATK 252 Speed
- Sub
- BD
- Fire Punch
- EQ

Wouldn't these two moves be enough to sweep ? I mean a Blaze powered Fire Punch OHKOs Latios and Talonflame and even OHKOs bulky Gyarados after SR damage:

+5 252 Atk Blaze Charizard Fire Punch vs. 88 HP / 4 Def Gyarados: 288-340 (81.5 - 96.3%) -- guaranteed OHKO after Stealth Rock
+6 252 Atk Blaze Charizard Fire Punch vs. 120 HP / 0 Def Talonflame: 362-426 (110.7 - 130.2%) -- guaranteed OHKO
+6 252 Atk Blaze Charizard Fire Punch vs. 72 HP / 0 Def Latias: 298-351 (93.4 - 110%) -- guaranteed OHKO after Stealth Rock
+6 252 Atk Blaze Charizard Fire Punch vs. 0 HP / 0 Def Latios: 328-387 (109.6 - 129.4%) -- guaranteed OHKO

These four are like the only 'mons in OU who resist the Fire + Ground combination and they die to a blaze boosted +6 Fire Punch.

firehusky While Charizard doesn't have Chesnaught's bulk, it has enough offensive presence to force switchs, I mean... If you bring Charizard on something like Ferrothorn it would 10/10 switch out predicting either megas, this gives you the opportunity to set up... wouldn't it ??
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I mean I guess so but you also have Char-X who can run Dragon Dance, Swords Dance, and has Tough Claws so I think that set is more reflective of the DPP meta than this one. Also realize your set unlike chesnaughts doesn't have a move that gives you STAB recovery which is the point of BD Ches in why it can work and it's used along with having much more defense than Zard which lets it eat up a variety of priority moves like Aqua Jet more easily. Then again I'm not stopping you.
 
Flygonial said:
This is probably the dumbest thing I've ever asked, but I'm probably not going to find the answer myself. How do you PM somebody?
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On the person's profile right under, or next to their avatar if on a computer, it should say "Start a Conversation", right next to the follow and profile page button. Some people don't let others PM them unless they are following them though. Test it with me if you need to.

edit: get ninja'd
 
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